Blue parameters are for a single Wikispooks page name (If no suitable page exists, then pick a title for a future page)Brown parameters are for numbersGreen parameters are for comma-separated lists of page names (Or planned page names).Navy parameters are for datesOrange parameters are for booleans. (Usually, either "Yes" or just leave blank).Purple parameters are URLs.Violet parameters are slash-separated lists.Pink parameters are for coordinates.Crossed out parameters were formerly available, but have been upgraded. Some may still work, but do not use these.

Parameters are optional, but recommended, especially description and image.

{{Year
|description = <500 word summary (Property:Description)
|image= An image for the publication (Recommended, for example the cover if the publication is a book)
|image_alt = Alt text for the image
|image_width = The default value is "300px"
|image_caption = Caption for the image
|constitutes = What the year constitutes (Property:Constitutes)
|wikipedia_protection = Set to 1 if the wikipedia page is edit protected, 0 or empty otherwise (Property:Has wikipediaProtection)
}}